Helman Ghorst

"What is death but an obstacle to be overcome? There is no true death beneath the eternal night."

Helman Ghorst was once a man, yet that life was ripped from him by the uncaring vicissitudes of fate. The loss of his father and brothers to plague sent Ghorst into an obsessive madness; he began studying the black arts in the hope of returning his lost kith to life. Inevitably, he drew the attention of the Witch Hunter, von Kordon, and so abandoned Templehof and fled to Vargravia, taking the corpses of his brothers and father with him, determined to find a way to return them to life through Necromancy. It was here, forsaken in a corrupted land, that he attracted the attention of Mannfred von Carstein. Rather than killing Ghorst, the Count revealed further dark secrets to him, transforming Helman into something beyond the grief-maddened man from Templehof. Now, he is carried through the night on a bone-ridged cart, pulled not by horses, but by the brothers he so desperately wished to save – each a once-handsome farrier restored to a mockery of life, forced to stumble along at the head of their kin’s unloving host.

Unit Name

Helman Ghorst

Main Unit Key

wh_dlc04_vmp_cha_helman_ghorst_0

Land Unit Key

wh_dlc04_vmp_cha_helman_ghorst_0

Naval Unit Key

wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group

Wizard

Naval Unit Group

Wizard

Soldiers

1

Caste

Lord

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Command

Custom Battle Cost

550

Recruitment Cost

1200

Upkeep Cost

290

Melee Attack

30

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage)

320

├ Melee Weapon

wh_main_vmp_staff_hero_kemmler

├ Melee Damage Base

220

├ Melee Damage Ap

100

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

18

Melee Defence

40

├ Base Defence

40

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

15

├ Armour

wh_main_cloth

├ Armour Defence

15

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

3348

├ Man Entity

wh_main_infantry_standard_hero_blood

├ Man Speed

35

├ Man Health

8

└ Bonus Hit Points

3340

Leadership (Base Morale)

70

Abilities

Undeath ResurgentArise! Do not falter! Do not crumble! Back to life once more!

Master of the DeadNecromancers can not only marshall the dead, but leech the power from any souls fleeing their mortal remains.

RegenerationThere are beings and creatures that can mend bone and knit flesh at an incredible rate. A mighty boon, but one stunted by fire.

CrumblingThe dead do not rest easily in the Old World. Those summoned by Vampires and Necromancers no longer have mortal concerns - they serve only their master's will.

DisintegratingThe Dark Magic binding has failed. Both flesh and necromantic energy slough off the subjects leaving naught but dust.

Attributes

Causes FearThis unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.

EncourageThis unit provides a Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.

Hide (forest)This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

UndeadThe unit is Undead (does not rout, immune to terror, becomes unstable when attrition when moving through territory not owned by the Undead.

Strengths & Weaknesses

SpellcasterThis unit can cast spells.

Regenerationflaming attacks will cause more damage to units with Regeneration.